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Yes, that is additional GRIMNIR!
Available via Scott Oden's website:Xenia in the Court of the Winds
The White Lion
Grimnir: Beasts of Waste and Desolation
Check out his blog
https://scottoden.wordpress.com/2022/...
hey Melissa, I'll still be here... just not as much.
Charge! you rock
Hey crew. Just an update on getting stretched thin :). Although I won't sign a contract until next January-ish, I am the presumed Chair for the Gen Con's Writer's Symposium (I was an Event Coordinator last year, but fate has me leading the charge this time). GenCon is held in Indianapolis and is known as the world's largest board game convention, drawing 65+ thousand people over 4 days (before the pandemic) of which the Writer's Symposium usually attracted about 3,000 people. The next one will be held early August 2023, and I'll push for some S&S panels again (for 2022, I was able to get several S&S panels together as reviewed here: https://www.selindberg.com/2022/08/ho....)
Anyway, it's a big commitment that will draw me away from moderating as much as I'd like from now until end-2023.
Gilead wrote: "I'm Gilead, I don't write but I am an artist. I came to sword and sorcery through the art of Frank Frazetta on the cover of the Lancer paperback "Conan." Then I expanded to pretty much anything els..."Welcome Gilead!
Oliver wrote: "A heh, may I humbly suggest New Edge S&S Magazine?https://newedgeswordandsorcery.com"
Here are the Goodreads links:
New Edge Sword & Sorcery Magazine
Oliver wrote: "NEW EDGE SWORD & SORCERY'S FIRST EVER ISSUE IS HERE!Free ePub sold away from Amazon because they do not like free things: https://payhip.com/b/dVNuB
Paperback for just $3.99usd: https://www.amazon..."
Here are the Goodreads links:
New Edge Sword & Sorcery Magazine
Just finished Servants of War. It was epic fun. I'll post a review next week
oh no! eh gad
I just reviewed Skallagrim – In The Vales Of Pagarna for Black Gate.
https://www.blackgate.com/2022/08/28/...
Experience Skallagrim – In the Vales of Pagarna by Stephen R. Babb in all its forms. This post covers everything to get you hooked, from a summary, review, excerpts, and links to the complementing albums from Glass Hammer. Reading Skallagrim feels like you are a witness to the live version of Frazetta’s “Against the Gods” painting! You actually witness a hero grab a sword from the sky.
The opening scene poses a set of mysteries as the titular protagonist is brutally attacked in the streets of Archon, the Dreaming City. He loses his memory during the struggle, by wounds or sorcery, so the hero and the reader want to know: Why Skallagrim in a melee? Who is he, really? Why does he feel protective over a maiden kidnapped during the conflict? Why are multiple sorcerers after him? Why the hell can he grab a sentient, screaming sword that materializes from a sudden storm?
The rest of the book unravels these questions, as Skallagrim races against time to save the mystery maiden. He’ll wrestle with eldritch, chthonic creatures, a herd of ghouls, a few necromancers, and an assassin. As Skallagrim unearths the weird history of Andorath’s Southern Region, we get to learn about it as he battles. The book stands alone, but did you know that Stephen R. Babb has been a progressive rocker and theatrical-album-leader for thirty years (more on Glass Hammer below!). Poems and lyrics infuse the prose. For the full effect, readers should listen to the complementary Skallagrim albums. These are not Audio Books. These are thematic rock sets chronicling Skallagrim’s heroic journey. Embedded below are the opening songs to (1) and (2). Listen to these! Babb is creating a rich world here.
Lyndon wrote: "Comic book Conan (1972) #1-24 available here:https://archive.org/details/conan-the..."
Damn, that's an awesome link!
I edited my first post that shares some recent, inspirational links/videos on pastiche: I'll paste it here too:(0) Aug 2022 Sword & Sorcery Pastiche GenCon Panel
--https://youtu.be/kHnRVY2-oU8
How to adopt someone's writing style, and where to blur the line to the original.
Howard Andrew Jones; Matt John, Jason Ray Carney, S.E. Lindberg (M)
Also...check out...
.... Deuce Richardson's recent blog entries on DMR's website:
(1) What Makes a 'Good' Pastiche, In My Book
https://dmrbooks.com/test-blog/2022/4...
(2) Pastiches: A Few More Thoughts
https://dmrbooks.com/test-blog/2022/8...
.... or from Howard Andrew Jones on the Tale from the Magician's Skull blog from January....
(3) The Best Of The Conan Pastiche Novels
https://goodman-games.com/blog/2022/0...
Clint wrote: "@Stephen, great job and thank you for helping Seth out by, literally, taking on the banner. As for me, I will endeavor to find time to seek out a pastiche to read until the new Stirling book drops..."Hey Clint! We have you in mind to help with a poll in about a month to steer the Nov-Dec group read, if you are still open to that. I appreciate the community stepping up.
The Conan - Blood of the Serpent book by S.M. Stirling is not available for ~6weeks.Until then.... all pastiche is a good focus!
We had several panels about S&S at GenCon, including one specifically on Pastiche!
I have a portal to them on my blog, but here are three that are on topic
https://www.selindberg.com/2022/08/ho...
(0) Sword & Sorcery Pastiche - Aug 2022
--https://youtu.be/kHnRVY2-oU8
How to adopt someone's writing style, and where to blur the line to the original.
Howard Andrew Jones; Matt John, Jason Ray Carney, S.E. Lindberg (M)
Also...check out...
.... Deuce Richardson's recent blog entries on DMR's website:
(1) What Makes a 'Good' Pastiche, In My Book
https://dmrbooks.com/test-blog/2022/4...
(2) Pastiches: A Few More Thoughts
https://dmrbooks.com/test-blog/2022/8...
.... or from Howard Andrew Jones on the Tale from the Magician's Skull blog from January....
(3) The Best Of The Conan Pastiche Novels
https://goodman-games.com/blog/2022/0...
reading Servants of War (Correia and Diamond)
Michael Fierce (Gandalf the Red) wrote: "The first 3 books are Quest and a very complete story. The remainder are different in that they are not Quest adventures but stand-alone stories not Quest in nature. But they expand the scope of he..."No worries, Michael. You are "spiky" sometimes... but that's okay. The posts seem civil enough. As you self-reflected, you hit the nail on the head about the comments being like reviews of the Star Wars trilogies (ie fans seem to like certain sets... no need to try and sway those feelings).
I think that it's cool that the Earth Sea series (the original and second trilogy) are adored by fans for different reasons. I recall enjoying both... but it's been too long and it was before I wrote GR review/book-reports to supplement my memory.
Anyway, different opinions are welcome. Especially here. I hope everyone feels that way.
When in doubt, we all should remember to be chill & civil, and to funnel our insights into GR reviews to help inform other readers (or our future, forgetful selves :) ).
As far as current reads go, I'm enjoying Skallagrim – In The Vales Of Pagarna right now.
